W3C Hypertext Transfer Protocol Overview
- This is the overview materials related to the W3C HTTP activity, one of the W3C Architecture domain activities. HTTP has been in use by the World Wide Web since 1990 and its use has increased steadily over the years, mainly because it has proven useful as a generic middleware protocol.

Clarifying the Fundamentals of HTTP
- Analysis of HTTP/1.1, identification of its failures, and suggestions for improvement. By Jeffrey C. Mogul of Compaq Research.
(May 01, 2002)